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Camp at An-Ning-Chou

It was over land rice fields chiefly but very slippery & muddly.  Every [[strikethrough]] few [[/strikethrough]] mile or so we passed thru a filthy Chinese village having the appearance & smell of a pig pen.  We reached our camping place, a large village called aze chow at 9 P.M. 2 hours after dark & camped in a temple occupied at the time by the police.  It was dry, clean & spacious but the bats were very noisy during the night & the mosquitos annoying.

[[encircled]]10[[/encircled]]  Departed at 9 A.M. in a misty rain.  Four new soldiers took the place of those we had yesterday. The road was quite good being a track over red clay soil without the rough paving stones except thru wet fields.  Birds were numerous on the road.  Crows, black & blue magpies, tree sparrows, a brown stone-chat, ringtails, etc.  A [[harpoo?]] & a gray falcon were seen